"SPANK! The Fifty Shades Parody" runs now through Feb. 3 inside Hockeytown Café at 2301 Woodward Ave., in Detroit. Showtimes are at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. Friday, 6 and 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. Tickets are $37.50 to $42.50. Olympia Entertainment has just announced that with seven sold-out performances, the musical will return for an additional eight performances May 1-May 5. Call 800-745-3000 or visit www.OlympiaEntertainment.com.

"SPANK" is one of the funniest comedies to visit metropolitan Detroit in the past few seasons. The audience laughed through the entire three-man show -- err ... make that one sexy man and a couple of ladies show.

Amanda Barker narrates as E.B. Janet, inspired by E.L. James. She is funny, perky and ... well, horny, as she sits down with her keyboard and wine to write a story about sexual domination and submissiveness between the wealthy and emotionally unavailable Hugh Hanson, played by one of the play's writers, Whalen, and the young, naïve, 22-year-old Tasha Woode, also played by one of the show's writers, Moran.

One of the highlights takes place at the top of the show, when Janet is describing her leading man and he appears in a cape with a Batman mask. The parallels between Christian Grey and Bruce Wayne are made into a hilarious bit.

Barker is fun to watch as she takes us through her ridiculously raunchy fantasies with these two characters. The dynamo actress also plays other central characters that fans of "Fifty Shades" will recognize, and she does it in the most amusing and politically incorrect way.

Whalen is great as Hanson. It's totally believable that the handsome actor could knock the socks of any woman -- on or off stage. But, it is even more interesting and impressive that he is absolutely hysterical. A great comedic actor can make you laugh without breaking a sweat, and it comes easy for Whalen. He has an organic gift for making people laugh and does it with not a hair ever moving out of place.

Moran is equally talented as a comedian. Her solid improvisational skills help her easily move from scene to scene and engage with the audience seamlessly.

"SPANK" is a well-written comedy not to be missed. The greatest thing about it is that even if you're a fan of wildly popular "Fifty Shades" novels and wealthy entrepreneur Christian Grey, you'll absolutely fall in love with this show. Even those who didn't get caught up in the wave of fandom for the erotic tale will walk out of the City Theatre with an equal amount of abdominal pain from the laughs "SPANK" evokes.

The show is not authorized by the novels' author, E.L. James, but it might be safe to bet that if she has a sense of humor she would endorse it.